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news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around is kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after eight years of keeping it secret he's going to take on reports brennan's confirmation might broaden horizons for america's drone fleets. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionising we're. allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machin
news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around is kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after eight years of keeping it secret he's going to take on reports brennan's...
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so this is not being an anti obama thing but obama took the bush secrecy regime and expanded that by an order of magnitude everything including classification numbers have gone up the number of people being targeted for assassination has gone up the actual number of people we've been killing has gone up instead of torturing people we're just blowing them off the face of the planet so i think it's gotten worse under obama it has been just stayed the same and his affirmatively gotten worse john i want to address what the judge said in this case when she handed you the sentence judge leoni brinkema she said i think thirty months is way too light she goes on to say that this is not a case of a whistleblower. certainly when i accepted the plea in october of two thousand and twelve judge brinkema commented at that time in open court that thirty months was if it was a fair and appropriate deal. she. i can only speculate of course but in january just last friday the courtroom was packed with reporters and she may have seen an opportunity to to look tough in a case like mine that's one point
so this is not being an anti obama thing but obama took the bush secrecy regime and expanded that by an order of magnitude everything including classification numbers have gone up the number of people being targeted for assassination has gone up the actual number of people we've been killing has gone up instead of torturing people we're just blowing them off the face of the planet so i think it's gotten worse under obama it has been just stayed the same and his affirmatively gotten worse john i...
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price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something. to united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war their intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a quiet because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under th
price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if...
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right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the obama administration's ruthless drone war which has replaced the bush administration's detention programs and torture programs and so it doesn't seem like that much of a contradiction now brennan and george tenet and george bush and president obama seem all on the same pile and you know you started to get at this point earlier but i want to talk a little bit about these actual programs that the u.s. government has been using for example the drone strikes when you look at their use i mean some critics have said that this in fact creates more terrorism because people ar
right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the...
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president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to mizzen was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bakers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being a bombarded out of the people the fear of reducing the budget of the military so i'm absolutely confident that whoever is secretary of defense will have a very very loose pocketbook to spend to keep spending us into oblivion and remember we try to give you the chance to
president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to mizzen was there with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social...
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unify or willing to sit down for talks with asad a strictly one sided solution although recently the obama administration has taken a more distant tone on syria perhaps thanks to fallout from other arab spring countries like libya and egypt the nuclear ambitions of iran and north korea remain high on the agenda especially with north korea's recent underground test but again while both russia and the u.s. condemn any nuclear steps or weaponization the two differ greatly on how to deal with them russia's against threats of more sanctions or further isolation while the u.s. has gone as far as saying military intervention it's not off the table especially in the case of iran in europe and u.s. plans to expand on missile defense systems and russia's concerns over its national security are considered the number one issue to have sidetracked a so-called reset but a shadow over by lateral relations is now russian children adopted by american parents the latest russian child to die might seem mean three years old only moscow was informed of the tragedy a month after mark seems death his legs head a
unify or willing to sit down for talks with asad a strictly one sided solution although recently the obama administration has taken a more distant tone on syria perhaps thanks to fallout from other arab spring countries like libya and egypt the nuclear ambitions of iran and north korea remain high on the agenda especially with north korea's recent underground test but again while both russia and the u.s. condemn any nuclear steps or weaponization the two differ greatly on how to deal with them...
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still has obama i think by the true call that i will do its utmost to prevent obama for a making any real serious concessions or entering in through a statesmanship diplomacy with the islamic republic of iran we have heard some optimistic language john kerry stating in a meeting in london or during a briefing with reporters that he wants mutual respect with iran however if we look at the behavior if you look at the offers which were made i understand that the lifting of sanctions but rather giving of sanctions i think that the pro israeli roy and the israeli club if i could say in general still has a significant amount of control and leverage on u.s. policy towards iran and five plus one talks and if this trend continues i don't think we could expect much because iran has made it clear that it will not be all down to talks or to pressures with a gun pointed at its head you know syria i mean it seems to me that you know here after year month after month we seem to be sort of experiencing the same kind of situation over and over again what hope is there for progress if as you say the u
still has obama i think by the true call that i will do its utmost to prevent obama for a making any real serious concessions or entering in through a statesmanship diplomacy with the islamic republic of iran we have heard some optimistic language john kerry stating in a meeting in london or during a briefing with reporters that he wants mutual respect with iran however if we look at the behavior if you look at the offers which were made i understand that the lifting of sanctions but rather...
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another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest possible today and coming up later this hour oakland where truck cable stuns up to being all but hung out to dry in a base had autism stand off. and also lay so one well fat is on fat u.k. unemployment benefits lead to generations giving up want to go into one because it's more lucrative to take government handouts basons much more after the break. we speak your language any time of the war not a day of. news programs and documentaries in spanish more matches to you breaking news a little too much of angles to the stories. here. to try to alter the spanish find out more visit. all teeth. pulled. this is honestly life for most kids good to have you with us let's move on now having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for iran today as world powers meet with tehran's nuclear representatives in kazakhstan and according to sources the islamic republic will even be offered a less helpful sunshines of tehran shuts down a fortified nuclear site bearing in a moment to hold some of its enrichme
another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest possible today and coming up later this hour oakland where truck cable stuns up to being all but hung out to dry in a base had autism stand off. and also lay so one well fat is on fat u.k. unemployment benefits lead to generations giving up want to go into one because it's more lucrative to take government handouts basons much more after the break. we speak your language any time of the war not a day of....
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john brennan barack obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing this week while critics accused lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride and some members of the public weren't shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising you toasters accusing brennan of being of a driving force by. and the so-called targeted killing operations human rights activists claim the using drones against suspected terrorists is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after demonstrators were removed from the hall lawmakers questioned brennan on torture and cia shortcomings however critics claim that these inquiries seem strictly ceremonial scholar and author calling a value says that given brennan's views and his confirmation could it set a troubling precedent. this is a complete denial of our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment due process of law and equal protection of the law and yet when the administration is doing here is there usurping the. united
john brennan barack obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing this week while critics accused lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride and some members of the public weren't shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising you toasters accusing brennan of being of a driving force by. and the so-called targeted killing operations human rights activists claim the using drones...
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the iraq war on the jewish lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job is gone she can reports chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can finally leave all that apologizing and repenting behind and he had to do a lot of that to get the job shopping has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel allowed himself to oppose the surge in iraq to criticize israel's policies to oppose seeing war when they want as an option but as the president's nominee for the defense secretary position he backtracked on much of what he had said before and did it. as as even his supporters noted in a rather clumsy way but in a way that showed how much he wanted the job and the whole confirmation process including the attack campaign against him including the filibuster ten days ago showed how intolerant the u.s. congress is of alternative thought on foreign policy ten days ago the senators knew quite
the iraq war on the jewish lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job is gone she can reports chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can finally leave all that apologizing and repenting behind and he had to do a lot of that to get the job shopping has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator...
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catcalls and gears are set to turn for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing but the obama's handpicked men seemingly spit tougher questions over drones and targeted executions. tens of thousands marched on spain's streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts and sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pension and. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even strikes on the day of the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder unleashed the new anti-government sentiment. and a drive to bail in the u.k. aims to open up a bit online communications to the authorities for their concerns it's taking national security and stepped off. its ten am here in moscow you love with us on our team with me to them would say it's good to have you company president obama picked the heads of the cia has received a grilling as he faced of the senate in his confirmation hearing the session began with tongues and years before the audience was kid out lawmakers and poked and prodded
catcalls and gears are set to turn for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing but the obama's handpicked men seemingly spit tougher questions over drones and targeted executions. tens of thousands marched on spain's streets amid calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts and sees a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pension and. tunisia could be stretched to the limits as a country gears up for more protests and even strikes on...
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in the somali right there and another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today still to come here on the program a report on where chuck hagel stands after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. when a welfare is unfair u.k. unemployment benefits lead to a generation is giving up on going to work because it's simply more lucrative to take government handouts and much more after the break. to use our life. into no silence....
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politicians but was reportedly rebuffed by president obama russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this washington still bears some responsibility for what's going on in syria but ali hearkens exclusive interview is coming your way at midnight and g.m.t. but here's a quick look but they are not as these chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the grocers' the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we were active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just in a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will draw your own force completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of an influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the further the simply see themselves are not doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is hap
politicians but was reportedly rebuffed by president obama russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this washington still bears some responsibility for what's going on in syria but ali hearkens exclusive interview is coming your way at midnight and g.m.t. but here's a quick look but they are not as these chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the grocers' the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the...
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president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purely beaton's we s
president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but...
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this organization it is just ten years old or relatively new or part of the cat obama's cabinet is she set on making any big changes to get that feeling yes so when she was talking about department of homeland security three point zero as you brought up in your introduction she's the idea is that it's supposed to be more flexible more proactive as opposed to reactive in the huge way that they're planning on doing that is as we mentioned before this information sharing the idea is if you get information in real time and you're able to get it to local law enforcement people you know in federal government all of these things we can do a better job of dealing with these threats but one thing that she never talked about was how getting all of this data might have a very negative effect on on the privacy and liberty of people in the united states and very interesting rachel thanks for staying on top of this that was our producer rachel. well we know that drones have become critical to u.s. military strategy and the technology has taken pilots off the battlefield and allows them to fly drones
this organization it is just ten years old or relatively new or part of the cat obama's cabinet is she set on making any big changes to get that feeling yes so when she was talking about department of homeland security three point zero as you brought up in your introduction she's the idea is that it's supposed to be more flexible more proactive as opposed to reactive in the huge way that they're planning on doing that is as we mentioned before this information sharing the idea is if you get...
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another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today coming up we're told from where chuck hagel starts after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. also later this hour the cost of peace and money doubles with african nations now demanding almost a billion dollars to maintain a force that france has its own plans for the region to the details in just a few miles. having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for iran today as well pa was made with tehran's nuclear representatives in kazakhstan according to sources the islamic republic will even be offered a let up on sanctions to run shuts down a fortified nuclear site buried in a mountain and hold some of its enrichment activities in return according to reports sanctions on the trade in gold and precious metals could be lifted the measures along with an oil embargo has put tremendous pressure on iran but is also used more is the notion of course now they've also prepared the ground for some of the country's exports. the international ban on iranian oi
another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today coming up we're told from where chuck hagel starts after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. also later this hour the cost of peace and money doubles with african nations now demanding almost a billion dollars to maintain a force that france has its own plans for the region to the details in just a few miles. having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for...
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eventually be confirmed but they chose to block the vote as many say just to make a point president obama certainly knew that chuck hagel confirmation process would not go as smoothly as say john kerry's but he nominated him anyway it looks like president obama too wanted to make a point this is his last term he doesn't have to think about getting reelected and it is a good time for him to make a point by the end of his first term the degree of war mongering in washington has escalated and we should the point where even the president said there's too much work talking going on now mandating chuck hagel could be his way of bringing it down a notch the president is also quite aware of the general war fatigue in the country but the u.s. congress doesn't seem to have that same war fatigue this chuck hagel confirmation hearing showed quite to the contrary never too tired for war it seems one more thing it thing important to point out here chuck hagel as defense secretary lew not be in a position to generate policy is there to fulfill the president's policies probably his main job will be manag
eventually be confirmed but they chose to block the vote as many say just to make a point president obama certainly knew that chuck hagel confirmation process would not go as smoothly as say john kerry's but he nominated him anyway it looks like president obama too wanted to make a point this is his last term he doesn't have to think about getting reelected and it is a good time for him to make a point by the end of his first term the degree of war mongering in washington has escalated and we...
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and not obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today coming up later in the program the report when chuck hagel stands after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. and the cost of peace and money doubles with african nations now demanding almost a billion dollars to maintain a force that france has its own plans for the region and the details in just a few months for the. italians are waking up today to deadlocks political system and all the votes are still being counted no single political group has enough support to take the reins of the debt ridden nation so this time the rise of candidates and former comedian but the green though has taken many by surprise after voters turned out in that droves to make his this strong this past week in a silly but is the center left coalition led by pier luigi bersani that has won control of the lower house and it also claimed the most seats in the senate but not enough to be able to govern and political on its own restfulness says struggling attorney and feel let down by that point i
and not obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today coming up later in the program the report when chuck hagel stands after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. and the cost of peace and money doubles with african nations now demanding almost a billion dollars to maintain a force that france has its own plans for the region and the details in just a few months for the. italians are waking up today to deadlocks political...
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a search of the training for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's hand-picked ransoming these the tough questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands marching spain's astri's and it calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts is a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limit as the country gears up for more protests than even strikes on the day of the funeral of the opposition leader whose murder on leash the new anti government sentiment. and a draft bill in the u.k. aims to open up private online communications to the authorities but there are concerns that it's taking national security a step too far. he wasn't already live from moscow it's good to have you with us president obama's pick to head the cia has received a grilling as he faces senate in his confirmation hearing session began with taunts and j.s. before the audience was cleared out lawmakers and poked and prodded john brennan though on things from torture to drawings but appe
a search of the training for cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing with obama's hand-picked ransoming these the tough questions over drones torture and targeted executions. tens of thousands marching spain's astri's and it calls for the government to go after a fresh round of budget cuts is a spike in university fees and the end of free prescription drugs for pensioners. tunisia could be stretched to the limit as the country gears up for more protests than even strikes on the day of...
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that would be transparency for russia situations well another one of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief is about to face his latest battle coming up a report on where chuck hagel stands after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. well germany has been boosting it is its arms sales to gulf monarchies despite the grim human rights record of countries like saudi arabia qatar and bahrain now activists are sounding the alarm over the trend accusing berlin of moral bankruptcy is let's have a detailed look now at how this breaks down we have a little chart here german arms to gulf states now last year the total value of germany's approved arms exports to gulf states today is almost one and a half a billion dollar euro's they soared from two thousand and eleven as you can see right there with exports stood at just over five hundred million euros saudi arabia actually was the main recipient of the weapons with its share in two thousand and twelve being nine times bigger than the year before there you can see it right there were earlier r.t. spok
that would be transparency for russia situations well another one of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief is about to face his latest battle coming up a report on where chuck hagel stands after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. well germany has been boosting it is its arms sales to gulf monarchies despite the grim human rights record of countries like saudi arabia qatar and bahrain now activists are sounding the alarm over the trend accusing...
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a new fragile agency lie detector policy has been discussed by president obama's administration as in the wake of allegations of authority have extended their legal limits to screening of thousands of job applicants and employees want to close a look at where the person information is not crucial for america's national security. for more than three decades john sullivan worked as a polygraph examiner for america's central intelligence agency today the retired cia employee is offering some strong opinions about the nation's lie detector policy too many honest people are too many people who should be passing their tests aren't and there's no there's no accountability for that. last year more than seventy three thousand americans were reportedly required to undergo polygraph tests in order to get or keep jobs with the federal government according to an investigation by mcclatchy newspapers a growing number of u.s. agencies are asking employees and applicants intimate questions that extend way beyond the realm of national security probing matters such as sexual conduct financial matters a
a new fragile agency lie detector policy has been discussed by president obama's administration as in the wake of allegations of authority have extended their legal limits to screening of thousands of job applicants and employees want to close a look at where the person information is not crucial for america's national security. for more than three decades john sullivan worked as a polygraph examiner for america's central intelligence agency today the retired cia employee is offering some...
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and it's often called president obama's proud jewel of achievements during his first term health care reform but is obamacare actually the answer to us that the us healthcare crisis are four on that coming up. it's monday february fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r t today marks john kerry's first official day as the sixty eighth secretary of state and perhaps not a moment too soon topping secretary kerry's agenda is the push to restart peace talks between israelis and palestinians and in the more immediate future he plans to address the volatile situations in egypt and also in north africa his appointment comes amid dropping u.s. approval ratings in the middle east something that hillary clinton addressed last week. some of the success is that being attributed to you is mending or fix in you know it's the it's relation with an open muslim or yet the statistics contradict that if you look at the pew set this it shows that actually your favoritism in compared to the bush administration is lower and in countries like turkey and other places so what
and it's often called president obama's proud jewel of achievements during his first term health care reform but is obamacare actually the answer to us that the us healthcare crisis are four on that coming up. it's monday february fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r t today marks john kerry's first official day as the sixty eighth secretary of state and perhaps not a moment too soon topping secretary kerry's agenda is the push to restart peace talks between...
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apologetic poorly prepared struggling to defend his views this is how critics and journalists scored barack obama's pick for the next defense secretary after his confirmation hearing in the senate chuck hagel did his best to prove to lawmakers that he's on the same page as them during an eight hour grilling are you going to church you can listen in on the session. chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and iran and there was so much mentioning of israel that at some point they were conf
apologetic poorly prepared struggling to defend his views this is how critics and journalists scored barack obama's pick for the next defense secretary after his confirmation hearing in the senate chuck hagel did his best to prove to lawmakers that he's on the same page as them during an eight hour grilling are you going to church you can listen in on the session. chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and...
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vote as many say just to make a point well guy it's probably fair to say that anyone that president obama would have nominated would have been controversial since it's hard to please those lawmakers up there on capitol hill but why do you think the president chose chuck hagel specifically given the controversy that's erupted over this. this was a very interesting decision on president obama's part he certainly knew that chuck hagel confirmation process would not go as smoothly as say john kerry's but he nominated haggling we i know it looks like president obama too wanted to make a point and this is his last term he doesn't have to think about getting reelected and it is a good time for him to make a point but by the end of his first term the degree of war mongering in washington has escalated and reached a point where the president were even the president says there is too much war talk going on nominating chalk a go could be his way of bringing bringing it down a notch he is also quite aware of the general war fatigue in the country but the us tom was doesn't seem to have that same war
vote as many say just to make a point well guy it's probably fair to say that anyone that president obama would have nominated would have been controversial since it's hard to please those lawmakers up there on capitol hill but why do you think the president chose chuck hagel specifically given the controversy that's erupted over this. this was a very interesting decision on president obama's part he certainly knew that chuck hagel confirmation process would not go as smoothly as say john...
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positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars for the administration service had an increased chance of representing the united states and western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process see the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most part unlikely to be considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends and monaco topped the list with a level of personal contributions at six point two million dollars the price was quote unquote the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is valued as three point one million dollars dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was p
positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars for the administration service had an increased chance of representing the united states and western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process see the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most...
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president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced a senate confirmation hearing earlier this week well critics accuse lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride some members of the public did not the session was interrupted several times by protesters against brennan as the driving force behind a so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against the suspected terrorists is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after the chairman ordered the demonstrators to be removed lawmakers questioned brennan on the torture and cia shortcomings well they seem to be reluctant to challenge him on his answers to scholar and author of colon cavill's says that given biden's views his confirmation could set a troubling precedent. this is a complete denial of our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment due process of all and equal protection of the law and yet when the administration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizens and saying tha
president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced a senate confirmation hearing earlier this week well critics accuse lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride some members of the public did not the session was interrupted several times by protesters against brennan as the driving force behind a so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against the suspected terrorists is unlawful and...
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president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while the makers generally gave john brennan an easy ride so members of the public did not session was interrupted several times by protesters the driving force behind the so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists at american and foreign citizens is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties raf the chairman ordered the protesters to be removed the makers questioned the brennan on torture and cia shortcomings knocked into trenching on his own says scholar and author colin campbell says that given brennan's views his confirmation could get better troubling precedent. this is a complete our constitutional rights. do more and equal protection of the law and you know the administration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizen and so we can be just an executioner we can you know american citizens abroad without having their co
president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while the makers generally gave john brennan an easy ride so members of the public did not session was interrupted several times by protesters the driving force behind the so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists at american and foreign citizens is unlawful and leads to a...
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under fire president obama's pick for cia director is on the hill today answering tough questions on everything from a kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at yon brennan's record. setting south of the border the u.s. is spending tens of billions of dollars on the war on drugs and that battle is now being fought all over latin america will break down the cost of these missions and ask if they are really accomplishing anything. it's thursday february seventh five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r t. we begin today taking a look at drones and the role they play in achieving u.s. foreign policy goals it's an issue with covered extensively here at r.s.c. and finally making its way into the mainstream conversation on order to operate these unmanned aircraft the u.s. needs military bases relatively close to the planned targets and it turns out the u.s. has had one in saudi arabia for about two years or where in saudi arabia that's still a mystery but chances are you had no idea it existed and that's because it's been somewhat of a secret apparent
under fire president obama's pick for cia director is on the hill today answering tough questions on everything from a kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at yon brennan's record. setting south of the border the u.s. is spending tens of billions of dollars on the war on drugs and that battle is now being fought all over latin america will break down the cost of these missions and ask if they are really accomplishing anything. it's thursday february seventh five pm here in...